Improvement in spring-mattresses



UNTEISv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NILLIAM F. RESSEGINE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVM ENT IN SPRING-MATT'REssl-:a

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Z429, dated June 11,1850.

' I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription.

The nature of myinvention consists in constructing the mattress, bed, orcushion in such a manner that it can be used on either side and foldedor rolled up whenever occasion mayrequire, and the same can be stuifedwith hail, moss, or any other suitable substance.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct the frames of my mattresses, beds, or cushions of three ormore sections, of wood, iron, or other suitable substance, whichsections may be solid or open and framed together, as exhibited in theannexed drawing and marked A, and said sections may bo placed lengthwiseor crosswise, as occasion may require. These sections are so connectedtogether by-hinges composed of webbing or other suitable substance(which hinges are marked C on said drawing) that they may be foldedeither way at pleasure. Lengthwise across each section, if open, isfixed one or more -strip or strips of webbing orother suitablesubstance, as indicated on said drawingV by4 the letter B, upon whichare fixed spiral springs (marked D on said drawing) projecting threeinches or more above and below the surface of the sections, whichsprings produce elasticity in the mattress, bed, or cushion, and if thesections are solid the springs are iixedon each side, eX- tendingoutward about three inches. I then secure the ends of the springs bytwine to the frame and cover those ends with canvas or other suitablecovering fastened to the frame. Around the edges of theframe and. overeach spring so covered I iix with twine some vhair or other stuffing,and thenI place over the top and bottom a quiltof hair or other softsubstance and cover the whole with ticking,

IVM. F. RESSEGINE.

"Witnesses:

F. BALL, WM. MoREHoUsE.

